Chapter Nine. Using Multiple Applications for Maximum Efficiency
Any one Creative Suite 5 application is good. One or more together is much, much better. Part of the benefit that a suite of compatible applications engineered by one software company offers is that those applications are built to understand one another’s file formats. In the CS5 Design Premium edition, Illustrator and Flash Professional understand each other’s formats quite well, and Flash Catalyst can use the layer structure of Photoshop and Illustrator files to kick-start a project. However, most of the deep-level integration is between the veteran applications—Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. Because of this, you can play off of the strengths and capabilities ...
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